How Does the Atkins Diet Work

How Does the Atkins Diet Work?
The first two weeks of Atkins diet – “Introduction”. During this period allowed is not more than 20 grams of carbohydrates per day. This leads to the diet, hardly limited to meat, poultry, seafood, eggs, cheese and butter. In these two weeks, sitting on a diet, can not afford milk, fruit, bread, cereals and vegetables such as potatoes, peas, corn or carrots. After the first two weeks of the daily norm of carbohydrates can increase with each week by 5 grams. As a result, daily intake of carbohydrates will reach 40-90 grams, which makes the diet applicable to permanent weight maintenance. But even this amount of carbohydrate is not comparable with the recommended diet and other systems specialists.

The main objectives of the Atkins diet:
1. Switch the metabolism of your body.
2. Stabilization and maintenance of constant blood sugar level to avoid symptoms of hypoglycemia, such as carbohydrate addiction, constant feeling of hunger, sleepiness during the day, etc.
3. Freedom from addiction to sweets and other food addictions.

Atkins diet and Health
Some people do not feel any discomfort or side effects, eating on the Atkins diet. But others, whose body was unable to adjust to permanent change in the diet, this food can be harmful. For example, we all heard that diets high in protein increases the acidity of urine and cause leaching of calcium from the body. Lack of calcium increases the risk of osteoporosis and kidney stone formation.